Thenew guidelineslay the foundation for the management ofmental health conditionsfor women using maternity care services. But without the proper resources in place, they won't translate into effective care at the clinical coalface and there is a high probability that they will remain a paper exerc...
In 2015 and 2016, a specialized non-governmental organization, the War Trauma Foundation, trained 619 staff with the mental health gap action programme (mhGAP) Humanitarian Intervention Guide (HIG), a tool designed to guide clinical decision making in humanitarian settings.This paper describes the ...
We also present a brief overview of mental health services in South Africa, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders, the availability of services, enabling policies, human resources, financing, and infrastructure for service provision. This provides a foundation for including a package of...
Prior to the first democratic elections, South Africa had experienced severe political violence. In this paper, we describe the effects of this violence on mental health, concentrating mainly on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and its symptoms, including reliving aspects of the trauma, avoidi...
Traditionally referred to as prostitution, sex work can be simply understood as the exchange of sex for money, or reward of pecuniary value (Richter,2012). Even though essentially meaning the same thing, and at times used interchangeably, the term “sex work” arose as an antithesis to “pros...
Nairobi-based Africa Mental Health Foundation, said Africa's biggest challenge was spreading mentalhealth careto the family level in professional care that would help ease thestigmaassociated with mental illness. Only 4 percent of those with mental illness are able to access treatment in Kenya, he...
The combination of AI-driven personal exploration and peer support provides a holistic approach to mental health, helping people who feel isolated in their struggles. The Science of What If The platform’s foundation lies in leveraging the brain’s ability to simulate and reframe experiences...
Google Cloud and Prudential plc (“Prudential”) announced that Prudential is using MedLM, Google’s family of foundation models fine-tuned for healthcare industry use cases, to improve the accuracy and efficiency of medical insurance claim decisions. Prudential is one of the first... Healthcare...
GTCA includes competencies and stakeholders from the private and public sectors to lay the foundation for collaborations and to maximize the potential of health economics in Tunisia. The Ministry of Health of Tunisia has recently organized an open and informative day to discuss different aspects of ...
The Open Minds Foundation on October 30, 2024 A new study has found that employing ChatGPT makes the work easier and reduces mental load, but it comes at the expense of quality arguments, grades, and critical thinking. Cognition What Riots and Transphobia Teach Us About Critical Thinking ...